i don't see the absurdity -- did white people suffer centuries of oppression and systematic, culturally destructive oppression until roughly 50 years ago and whose effects still persist in our broader culture today?
hillbilly reductivism doesn't excuse ignorance, foc.
What does shit that happend over half a centery ago have to do with this. You think anyone in my family gets upset when someone says Polack. No because people moved on, they dont whine about shit that happened 100 years ago.
And you know what, there were lots of people besides black people that sufferd "culturally destructive oppression." Native Americans, chinese, italians, Irish etc... I dont see them playing the race card everytime something doesnt go their way.
I decided to lurk a bit today, only for an hour or so. I'm sorry, I shouldn't be posting, nor should I be inserting myself into combative arguments, but I can't let this pass. This is one of the most ignorant, thoughtless, and anti-intellectual posts I've ever seen. FoC I've supported you for a long time, and I even invited you here. But this is it.
If you don't understand an issue, it's best to do some research. I realize me giving anyone this advice may seen ironic, but over the last few weeks I've truly worked on making myself better at this. You simply do not know what you're talking about, and reading that post did something that no post here has ever done: it actually made me upset. Not in an angry way, but more of a disappointed, insulted way. You've put the joke character aside, and here I will too.
My grandmother grew up in the deep south. Just 50 years ago she couldn't get a good job because of the color of her skin. She had to help support her brothers and sisters, and finally she accepted a job. She worked at a place we'd call a laundry mat. But because of the color of her skin, she wasn't allowed to work inside the building. Instead she manually washed white people's clothes outside in a big basket of water. She did this year round, which means in the winter she would be outside, washing clothes in water; during those cold months her bosses felt "sorry" for her and allowed her to work in a flimsy tent. Today she has chronic arthritis in her hands and neck. She couldn't hold my youngest brother when he was first born because of this. The word "
distinguished black fellow" means something to her, something that you nor I will never fully understand.
You don't understand this issue, nor do you want to. You've created a very narrow and simplistic view of it, and every now and then we are treated to this through quick, lazy posts or threads. I feel sorry for you. Not because of your current state, but because of your unwillingness to open up and
learn about anything. To me, the greatest thing about leaving homeschooling and entering a "regular" school was being able to interact with people of all different religions and races. It was there that I got to sit down with Muslims and hear what they felt
their religion was about. It was there that I got to converse with gay people and realize that overall they weren't any worse or better than my horny ass. Based on your posts I'm not entirely sure that you have experienced any of that. Or maybe you could have, but you refused.
You know I'm not one to pile onto anyone, but I agree with Drinky here. I'm not going to call you racist, but I will call you ignorant because that's what you are. Ignorance is not just about being blind, it's about being willfully blind.
